Senior Graphic Designer

Senior Graphic Designer

Designsteins | Full-Time | Rogers, Arkansas | On-Site

About Designsteins

Designsteins is a creative design, engineering, and production agency specializing in innovative retail displays, point-of-purchase (POP) solutions, packaging, and branded environments. We combine creative thinking, technical expertise, and real-world production capabilities to bring ideas to life for leading consumer brands and retailers.

We are looking for a talented, motivated, and versatile Senior Graphic Designer with strong design fundamentals, an understanding of packaging and retail display design, and foundational 3D visualization skills.

The ideal candidate is an experienced graphic designer who enjoys bringing creative concepts to life, understands how design translates into physical products, and is excited to expand their capabilities in 3D rendering, structural packaging, retail displays, and production design.

Position Overview

The Senior Graphic Designer will play an important role in developing creative solutions for retail displays, packaging, point-of-purchase materials, and branded experiences.

This position requires strong graphic design expertise, attention to detail, and the ability to take projects from initial concept through production-ready artwork.

While advanced 3D rendering expertise is not required, candidates should have a foundational understanding of 3D design and visualization, with a genuine interest in developing and strengthening those skills.

We are looking for someone who is creative, technically curious, collaborative, and eager to continue adding new capabilities to their design toolbox.

Key ResponsibilitiesGraphic Design & Creative Development

• Develop compelling graphic designs for retail displays, packaging, POP materials, and branded environments.
• Create impactful visual concepts that align with client branding, marketing objectives, and retail requirements.
• Design layouts, typography, graphics, and visual elements for both digital presentations and physical production.
• Translate creative briefs and client feedback into polished, effective design solutions.
• Prepare accurate, organized, production-ready artwork and mechanical files.
• Maintain consistency across brand assets, packaging, displays, and marketing materials.

3D Design & Visualization

• Utilize foundational 3D modeling and rendering skills to support retail display and packaging concepts.
• Assist in creating 3D mockups, product visualizations, and retail environment presentations.
• Collaborate with senior creative team members to translate 2D artwork into realistic 3D concepts.
• Apply graphics, textures, and branding to existing 3D models and structural designs.
• Demonstrate a willingness to learn and advance skills in 3D modeling, lighting, rendering, and visualization.
• Explore emerging design technologies and AI-assisted creative tools to improve workflow and creative capabilities.

Retail Display & Packaging Design

• Design graphics for endcaps, floorstands, pallet displays, counter displays, shelf trays, and other retail merchandising solutions.
• Develop packaging graphics and concepts with an understanding of dielines, substrates, and print production.
• Understand how graphics interact with physical structures, materials, and retail environments.
• Collaborate with structural designers, engineers, and production teams to ensure creative concepts are feasible and executable.
• Support design development for major retail environments, including Walmart, Sam's Club, and other national retailers.
• Balance creative impact with functionality, brand consistency, and production requirements.

Production & Print Preparation

• Prepare artwork for various print methods, materials, and production applications.
• Demonstrate an understanding of color management, bleeds, dielines, file setup, and print specifications.
• Work with production teams to ensure artwork is accurate and ready for manufacturing.
• Review proofs, prototypes, and production samples for quality and consistency.
• Identify potential design or production issues and collaborate on practical solutions.

Collaboration & Creative Growth

• Work closely with Creative Directors, designers, project managers, engineers, and production partners.
• Contribute ideas and creative solutions during brainstorming and concept development.
• Manage multiple projects while maintaining quality, organization, and deadlines.
• Provide creative guidance and support to junior designers when needed.
• Stay current with design trends, software advancements, and retail marketing innovations.
• Actively pursue opportunities to expand technical skills, particularly in 3D visualization, packaging, and retail display design.

Required Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional graphic design experience, preferably within an agency, packaging, retail, or consumer goods environment.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign.
• Strong skills in typography, composition, layout, branding, and visual storytelling.
• Experience preparing production-ready artwork for print and physical applications.
• Foundational knowledge of 3D modeling, rendering, or visualization, with a willingness to develop these capabilities further.
• Basic understanding of packaging, retail displays, POP materials, or structural design principles.
• Familiarity with print production, dielines, substrates, and artwork preparation.
• Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and creative problem-solving abilities.
• A strong portfolio showcasing graphic design, branding, packaging, retail graphics, or related creative work.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing graphics for retail displays, POP/POS materials, or consumer packaging.
• Working knowledge of 3D software such as Blender, Cinema 4D, 3ds Max, KeyShot, or similar platforms.
• Experience applying artwork and textures to 3D models.
• Familiarity with Walmart, Sam's Club, and other major retail merchandising environments.
• Understanding of corrugate, paperboard, plastics, and other retail display or packaging materials.
• Experience working with structural designers, engineers, or production teams.
• Interest in AI-powered design tools, 3D rendering technologies, and emerging creative software.

The Ideal Candidate

We're looking for a designer who has mastered the fundamentals of graphic design but is excited to continue growing creatively and technically.

You don't need to be a 3D rendering expert or packaging engineer. However, you should understand the basics, be comfortable collaborating across disciplines, and be motivated to build on those skills.

The ideal candidate is

• A strong graphic designer: Someone with exceptional creative instincts, typography, layout, and branding skills.
• 3D-curious and capable: Someone with foundational 3D knowledge who wants to become more proficient in modeling and rendering.
• Retail and packaging-minded: Someone who understands that great design must work beyond the computer screen and translate into physical products.
• Production-aware: Someone who understands how artwork moves from design files to finished displays and packaging.
• Adaptable and eager to learn: Someone who enjoys adding new tools, technologies, and capabilities to their creative skill set.
• A collaborative problem-solver: Someone who thrives in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.

Why Join Designsteins?

At Designsteins, design goes beyond the screen. Our work comes to life through retail displays, packaging, branded environments, and innovative merchandising solutions seen in stores nationwide.

As a Senior Graphic Designer, you'll have the opportunity to work on exciting projects for leading consumer brands while expanding your expertise in 3D visualization, packaging, retail displays, and production design.

We're looking for someone who brings strong creative skills to the table today and is excited about what they can learn tomorrow.

If you're a talented designer who enjoys creative challenges, values collaboration, and wants to keep adding new tools to your creative toolbox, we'd love to hear from you!

Location: Rogers, Arkansas (On-Site)

Employment Type: Full-Time

To Apply: Please submit your resume and portfolio showcasing your strongest graphic design work, along with any packaging, retail display, or 3D visualization projects.